David Peasley and Mike Smith from the Banana Plant Protection Program talk about testing banana plants for resistance to Panama Race 1 on a subtropical trial block at Duranbah in northern New South Wales

Tony Pattison’s presentation on using ground covers to suppress Panama

Stewart Lindsay’s presentation about TR4 containment measures used on the world’s largest single banana farm in the Philippines

Managing footwear on banana farms

How to identify and report plants that may be infected with Panama TR4

Panama symptoms and information on protecting your farm.

Produced by the banana industry’s National Banana Development and Extension Program

Congress 2017

Video produced by the ABGC to officially open Congress 2017

Nuffield Scholar Matthew Abbott talks about his Nuffield experience. The ABGC produced video was played at Congress 2017

Banana Industry Water Quality Strategy

The banana industry has a great reputation for adopting environmental best management practices. The majority of growers respect the natural environment and the Great Barrier Reef and understand the impact their farming can have on the quality of water in local catchments.

The North Queensland banana industry Water Quality Strategy 2017-2020 has been written with a focus on extension and working with growers to help them improve their adoption of nutrient and sediment management practices.